Hacienda Cusin is a restored 17th-century Andean estate at 8,500 feet, 90 minutes outside of Quito. This 43-room Ecuador hotel is located 20 minutes south of the famous Otavalo market. It is a lovely old hacienda with traditional gardens, 40 colonial style rooms (some with chimneys), restaurant, bar and horseback riding. There are antiques and select Andean craft-furnished salons and guest rooms, the majority with king beds, log-burning fireplaces and beamed-ceilings.

Perched on an Andean Hillside one and a half hour drive north of Quito; La Mirage is a contemporary Resort built on the grounds of a 200-year-old Hacienda. It offers 23 large, exquisitely furnished and unique Rooms and Suites –no two alike- all with an eclectic blend of local and European Pieces of Art. They have Fireplaces, a separate Sitting Area and all the amenities one would desire. Enjoy Breakfast and Lunch in the Hotel’s glass pavilions on the lawn while watching peacocks strolling and hummingbirds flying by. Bar & lounge, tennis court, Horseback riding, hiking, complete spa center with steam bath, Jacuzzi and aromatic therapy massages.